Chessie B&O SD40-2 7617 leads a westbound ore train out of the tunnel on the B&O Keystone sub at, Falls Cut, Pennsylvania. May 9, 1986. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CSX U315 headed up Sand Patch Grade at Foley

Canadian National 2847 leads a string of empty tank cars westbound through the S curve at Foley Overlook on number two track on the east slope of Sandpatch on CSX's Baltimore Division.

Westbound autoracks cross Wills Creek approaching Foley, Pa.

A trio of SD50s split the signals at Foley, Pa.

The last rays of sunlight are fading as Foley quickly falls into shadows. These rays highlight the brake shoe smoke and exhaust as an eastbound mixed freight descends the east side of Sand Patch. ... (more)

CSX 7380 leads a manifest around the curve and uphill at Foley outlook. The MofW crew on the left are repairing a broken rail.

A CSX manifest headed for Pittsburgh is climbing the grade towards Mance . As a result of a work block this was the only train by here for six or seven hours. Pretty quiet for a line that normal... (more)

The Capital Limited heads through Foley as it continues it's trip east from Chicago to Washington DC on a sunny summer morning.

K552 crawls up Sand Patch Grade, splitting the hills and mountains of Pennsylvania, the SD50 trying to keep the loaded steel slab train moving West along CSX's Keystone Sub as seen from the Foley ... (more)

Five locomotives are shoving hard on Q261 at Foley as CSX 6211 brings up the rear. I guess Cumberland just threw whatever they wanted into helper service.

Westbound auto rack Q261 crosses Wills Creek as it heads west through the S curve at Foley with CEFX 3141 on the point.

A pair of older YN2 GEs lead a lengthy empty autorack train through the S-curve and across Wills Creek at Foley, MP 199 on CSX's Keystone Sub.

An eastbound CSX Manifest splits the signals at FO in the dreary mountain weather of late March.